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i got a question in my trial which was like plotting the incidence of a disease over the seasons, where we were told to connect the dots. This was bcos the relationship isnt rlly clear or consistent, like how in climate data or economics data they always have dot to dot graphsNever connect the dots. The whole point of drawing a graph in the sciences is to show a trend between different variables. Therefore if the data:
is linear - use a line of best fit
if the relationship is not linear - use a curve of best fit
If you are told to do that then it's fine but just in a random question 99% of the time it's going to be a normal line of besti got a question in my trial which was like plotting the incidence of a disease over the seasons, where we were told to connect the dots. This was bcos the relationship isnt rlly clear or consistent, like how in climate data or economics data they always have dot to dot graphs
As Jazz says, join the dots if that is the instruction, but even for climate or economic data a plot of something like a moving average can be more appropriate.i got a question in my trial which was like plotting the incidence of a disease over the seasons, where we were told to connect the dots. This was bcos the relationship isnt rlly clear or consistent, like how in climate data or economics data they always have dot to dot graphs